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Postdoctoral Positions

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At Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, we recognise that postdocs are the main powerhouse of research output and are destined to become the future leaders of science. The University postdoc programme was established specifically to provide our postdocs with the necessary scientific & technical support and tailored mentoring to fast-track their careers.

Research groups at University cover a range of expertise and advanced techniques in Medicine, Life Science, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Computers Science, Law, Arts and Public Administration.

Why complete a post-doctoral stay at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University?

Your postdoctoral stay at the University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik in Košice will be as you plan it. You can join a research team, do independent research in the laboratory. In any case, you will solve topics that you choose yourself – under the auspices of a tutor – the responsible worker for the postdoctoral stay at your new place of work.

You will be involved in research projects

You will be able to choose from more than 300 projects that are currently being solved at the University of Pavel Jozef Šafárik in Košice. You will, for example, participate in research on the structure and dynamics of biomolecules using x-ray techniques, to research the history of the Holocaust, you will analyse the position of women in the political environment of the Slovak Republic and in the Nordic countries of Europe, or you will start your own research that you propose yourself.

You will continue to grow professionally at Pavol Jozef Šafárik University

You can continue to learn and improve your skills and abilities necessary for research, development and teaching.

You will work in top laboratories with top experts

We will provide you with the necessary premises, laboratories with top equipment and instruments for your research. You will work, for example, in these laboratories, in the university science parks UVP Medipark, UVP Technicom and the scientific research centre Promatech together with by our experts from various fields of research or in a collective of workers from some of our top teams.

Your work can have a real use

Great research does not have to stop with a Ph.D. title next to your name. You will get contacts with scientists from your field and new ideas and inspiration for your work at international conferences in which you will have the opportunity to participate. Your work can also have a real use. It may also help shed light on various current issues and long-standing problems. For example, you will be able to design and test new approaches in the field in vitro fertilization, set a new direction in leukemia treatment, design a new generation of targeted transport systems capable of binding a wide range of drugs or new forms of work with socially disadvantaged groups, design and test the use of the magnetoimpedance phenomenon for sensing external parameters in multifunctional materials, participate in the data analysis of legislation and jurisprudence in business law and information technology law, propose the exercise of competences and the creation of public policy of municipalities and cities in an international context or participate in the solution of various other topics and theoretical or practical problems.

  • PhD or its equivalent reached within the last 5 years (the period is calculated from September 30, 2024 and it does not include maternity and parental leave, civilian military service, military service and other objective obstacles to the professional practice);
  • Minimum requirements set out in the call must be met.

The application deadline: June 30, 2024

Selection procedure: The candidates will be selected by a committee appointed by the Rector of the Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, based on the assessment of the materials submitted by the candidates.

Expected fellowship start: October 2024

Contact: Zuzana Szattlerová, zuzana.szattlerova@upjs.sk, +421 55 234 1129

A candidate should submit the following materials via e-mail to the contact person:

  • Postdoctoral Fellowship Application Form;
  • Concise Curriculum Vitae (max. 5 pages in total);
  • List of principal publications (with ORCID ID or ResearcherID or Scopus Author ID); in case the publications are not registered in the professional databases, please provide relevant bibliographic information;
  • Academic records (PhD degree certificate, issued by the degree-granting University and bearing the official seal/s and signatures, to be submitted in the original language accompanied by an official English translation of each document);
  • An overview of participation in scientific research projects and completed study stays abroad;
  • Two recommendation letters (including one from the applicant’s doctoral supervisor);
  • A letter of acceptance from the host professor;
  • Research proposal and time plan (max. 5 pages in total including all references/figures/tables), including information on expected number of publications with co-affiliation with Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice in international peer reviewed journals;
  • Endorsement of previous practice;
  • Criminal record (only accepted applicants).

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Below you can find a list of group leaders offering a postdoc position in the current call and descriptions of the offered postdoc research projects.

April 8, 2024 – June 30, 2024: You must complete your application by June 30, 2024 in order to be considered for the current postdoctoral stay Call

July 2 – 12, 2024: Selection of applicants by the selection committee

July 15 – 19, 2024: All applicants will be informed about the result of the selection process between July 15-19, 2024. We can not answer status requests before

October 2024: Successful applicants will start their postdoctoral stay between October 2024 and March 2025

  • A 2-year contract with a possibility of extending up to 12 months;
  • € 1200 – 2000 (brutto) monthly salary;
  • Medical health insurance coverage is provided for the duration of the fellowship;
  • All research costs will be supported by the research group´s budget;
  • Support for participation in Meetings and Courses is generally provided by the Group Leader.
  • Living in Košice
  • Cost of living in Košice

Faculty of Science: Institute of Physics

1. Topic: Magnetoelastic properties close to thermally-driven phase transitions and pressure-induced quantum phase transitions

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Novel critical phenomena of localized magnetic systems beyond their usual attitudes are achievable by accounting for magnetic, elastic and vibrational degrees of freedom all together. In present studies of the magnetic solids, in order to decrease the complexity, the thermal expansion and magnetostriction are usually neglected that leads to lack of complete description of the physical properties of the systems in reality. The study of complex magnetic systems close to the thermally-driven phase transitions and pressure-driven quantum phase transitions contributes to finding connections between their variable volume and magnetic properties using general and widely applicable methods. The first goal of this project is to study the theory of localized magnetic systems nearby thermal phase transitions as well as pressure-induced quantum phase transitions when the variable volume, the magnetoelastic and magnetic couplings are taken into account. The second goal is to consider the elastic and vibrational contributions in the Hamiltonian of special complex systems with the aim to study their magnetic, thermodynamic and quantum properties at finite temperatures.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Michal Jaščur. CSc.

E-mail: michal.jascur@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Michal Jaščur. CSc.

E-mail: michal.jascur@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • PhD degree in physics, the specialization on quantum theory of magnetism.

Faculty of Science: Institute of Computer Science

2. Topic: Computational and neuroimaging examination of the neural base of auditory distance perception

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Spatial hearing is important in many everyday situations. How the brain processes spatial information is not well understood, in particular when distance perception is considered. Here, advanced computational tools and neuroimaging techniques will be used to examine the neural basis of auditory distance perception.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Stanislav Krajči, PhD.

Email: stanislav.krajci@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. Norbert Kopčo, Ph.D.

E-mail: norbert.kopco@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Ph.D in Neuroscience/Informatics/Cognitive neuroscience/fMRI neuroimaging/Computational neuroscience/Psychoacoustics/Data science or related field.

3. Topic: Proposal of novel methods for data with uncertainty in Formal Concept Analysis

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Currently, Formal Concept Analysis and its fuzzy extensions are an effective tool in the field of data analysis. A common characteristic of existing methods is that they also deal with the uncertainty of data and can handle uncertain data through the use of fuzzy logic, aggregation operators or conceptual structures. The goal of the postdoctoral stay is the design of new methods in the field of Formal Concept Analysis for data with elements of uncertainty. The aim is also to investigate the interrelationships between the proposed methods, other fuzzy extensions of Formal Concept Analysis and quantum structures. The methods designed and implemented during this stay will be appropriately applied to real data, for example from the field of education.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Stanislav Krajči, PhD.

E-mail: stanislav.krajci@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. RNDr. Ondrej Krídlo, PhD.

E-mail: ondrej.kridlo@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Completed PhD study in computer science/mathematics or related fields.
  • Experiences in the area of Formal Concept Analysis.
  • Minimum 3 publications registered in WoS or SCOPUS. Minimum 1 publication in Q1 or Q2 SJR.

Faculty of Science: Institute of Chemistry

4. Topic: Development of staphylokinase thrombolytics.

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According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide, mainly due to frequent heart attacks and strokes. Due to this fact, there is an interest to find new effective thrombolytics. One of them is bacterial staphylokinase (SAK), which is a 136 amino acid (15.5 kDa) single-chain extracellular protein secreted by bacterial strain Staphylococcus aureus. It does not possess enzymatic activity by itself, but functions as an indirect activator of plasminogen after binding to plasmin in a stoichiometric ratio of 1:1. The biggest advantages of SAK include its high affinity to fibrin without a high risk of bleeding complications and low production costs. At the same time, its limitations are also known, namely relatively low affinity to plasmin, non-human origin, which triggers an immune response, and a short half-life, which can lead to the formation of secondary clots. For these reasons, other thrombolytics are preferred in clinical practice, and some properties of staphylokinase need to be modified for wide commercial use.

The postdoctoral research stay will be focused on the development of different variants of SAK with increased binding affinity for plasmin using the method of directed evolution, namely ribosome display and development of high-throughput methods for activity detection of modified variants of SAK. The postdoctoral fellow will carry out the expression and purification of individual SAK mutants in a standard way, as well as using the acellular PureFrex system. For complex physico-chemical characterization, the postdoctoral researcher will use methods such as SDS-PAGE, CD, DSC, HPLC, measurement of changes in turbidity and fluorescence over time.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Mária Kožurková, CSc.

E-mail: maria.kozurkova@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. RNDr. Erik Sedlák, DrSc.

E-mail: erik.sedlak@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

A suitable candidate for given postdoctoral research stay should hold a PhD in the field of biochemistry, chemistry or biophysics, from Slovakia or abroad. Strong background in recombinant expression and purification of proteins is required, as well as spectrophotometry (CD, measurement of absorbance, turbidity, fluorescence) and basic techniques of biochemistry and molecular biology (e.g. SDS-PAGE, PCR). High level of written and spoken English is a must. Research stays abroad are an advantage, but not a requirement.

5. Topic: Development of advanced sensor substrates for electrochemical disease diagnosis

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The main goal of this project is the development of advanced sensory substrates for the electrochemical diagnosis of diseases, through the determination of biological substances, such as viruses, antibiotics, neurotransmitters. This goal will be divided into several sub-goals: the preparation and characterization of metal-based electrocatalytic nanoparticles to improve the analytical characteristics of the sensor platform, the development of a polymer membrane for the fixation of catalyst nanoparticles, and finally the development of suitable biorecognition components (proteins, aptamers, enzymes) to ensure the selectivity and specificity of the sensor substrates. Achieving these sub-goals will enable, thanks to the synergistic effect, the development of highly selective, stable, precise and sensitive sensory substrates for potential use in electrochemical sensors for fast and simple disease diagnosis.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Renáta Oriňaková, DrSc.

E-mail: renata.orinakova@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Renáta Oriňaková, DrSc.

E-mail: renata.orinakova@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

Obtaining a PhD. in one of the study programs Physical Chemistry, Biophysics, Biochemistry (or a related study program), at least three publications published in scientific journals maintained in the WoS database, on at least one of them the first or corresponding author, experience in the field of electrochemistry and electroanalysis, or in biochemistry.

Technology and Innovation Park

6. Topic: Modern Heusler alloys for practical applications.

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The aim of the topic is the design and development of modern Heusler alloys characterized by unique physical properties suitable for practical applications. This is mainly the shape memory effect, the magnetocaloric effect in the vicinity- of room temperatures, etc. As part of the project, the influence of a suitably chosen shape, method of preparation and induced anisotropy on the amplitude, temperature range and other parameters of shape memory and magnetocaloric effect, decisive for the usability of the mentioned materials will be studied.

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Pavol Sovák, CSc.

E-mail: pavol.sovak@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): prof. RNDr. Rastislav Varga, DrSc.

E-mail: rastislav.varga@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • PhD. in the field of Condensed matter physics, Material science, Electronics or similar.
  • Experience in the field of magnetic and structural characterisation of magnetic materials.
  • Appropriate publication activity.

Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences, Technology and Innovation Park

7. Topic: Evolutionary Vertebrate Chronophysiology: Ectothermic versus Endothermic Tetrapods

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The formation of skeletal tissues can be determined by biological rhythms, including seasonal climate changes and various internal stress stimuli. Individual layers of dentin have a shorter periodicity (in hours/days), while compact bone formation is usually interrupted by seasonal (annual) rings. How these two different connective tissues of extinct cold-blooded and warm-blooded tetrapods responded to the same stimuli remains unclear, especially about the three-dimensional developmental dynamics of their evolutionary patterns. The task of the postdoctoral fellow is to quantitatively define ancestral evolutionary osteochronological patterns for different groups of contemporary and extinct animals. This project focuses on model organisms with distinct locomotion (walking/running versus active flight), size (miniaturization versus gigantism), and physiology (aestivation versus hibernation). The experiments include two main methodological approaches: non-invasive high-resolution quantitative imaging (synchrotron microtomography) and biostatistical analysis (deep learning). The obtained data will be correlated with the paleotemperatures determined based on isotopic spectroscopy of the examined tissues as part of a broader research objective. This project aims to establish significant correlations between osteohistology and physiological/behavioral specializations of extinct Mesozoic tetrapods. This research will be funded by grant APVV-21-0319, VEGA-1/0382/21, and other related synchrotron grants.

Host professor (name, surname, titles):

Prijímajúci profesor (meno, priezvisko, tituly): prof. RNDr. Beňadik Šmajda, CSc.

E-mail: benadik.smajda@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. RNDr. Martin Kundrát, Ph.D.

E-mail: martin.kundrat@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  1. Ph.D. in Biology, Mathematics, or related disciplines such as Medicine, Veterinary Science, and Paleontology.
  2. Practical experience with 3D modeling procedures (for example Volume Graphics Studio Max) and biostatistics.
  3. Advanced skills in writing a grant proposal.
  4. Strong self-motivation in career development
  5. Assistance with lab work organization as well as with activities in the field.

Faculty of Law

1. Topic: The environmental dimension of special branches of public international law 

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Currently, due to the identified ecological problems on planet Earth, international legal environmental regulations are gaining more and more importance. Following the topic of the post-doctoral research the research will be focused on identifying the environmental dimension of special branches of public international law, in particular the international regulation of territorial regimes, the law of international bodies and organizations, international human rights law, international law of armed conflicts, international disarmament law, international criminal law, etc. The environmental dimension of the mentioned special branches of public international law will be scientifically examined from the point of view of the form of its embedding, the control mechanisms of compliance with the relevant rules of an environmental nature, as well as the dispute resolution mechanisms in the given area. 

Institute of International Law and European Law

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Juraj Jankuv, PhD.

E-mail: juraj.jankuv@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Juraj Jankuv, PhD.

E-mail: juraj.jankuv@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Completion of the third level of university studies in Slovakia (with the exception of UPJŠ) or abroad, in the field of international law.

2. Topic: Court´s collegial decision-making procedure.  A comparative legal and logical analysis of collegial court´s participatory decision-making systems.

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One of the main characteristics of the Rule of Law is the existence of an impartial and independent judiciary, which applies the law consistently, regardless of the status or socio-political power of the participants in the legal dispute. But how can this requirement be ensured in cases where a court case is decided by a collegial body composed of several judges? Is there a proper way to ensure that all judges respect the principles of the rule of law, that each of their opinions is equally considered, and, more generally, that all of them are fairly involved in the judgment? The primary goal of the research is a critical analysis of the forms of participatory decision-making in judicial practice. As part of the research project will be detailed approach development of different models of participation of judges within pluralist judicial panels, with particular regard to issues concerning the management of intra-court disputes, the collective shaping of legal arguments, the ontology of collective judgments and dissenting opinions including their impact on the citizens’ rights to improve application practice.

Gustav Radbruch Institute of Theory of Law

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Alexander Bröstl, CSc.

E-mail: alexander.brostl@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Alexander Bröstl, CSc.

E-mail: alexander.brostl@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Graduate of the third cycle of higher education at a national or European accredited institution in the field of study “Law” (PhD in Law).
  • A candidate for a postdoctoral position may be at least one and no more than five calendar years out of the third cycle of higher education in the calendar year of the call for applications.
  • Authorship or co-authorship of at least 3 scientific papers published in domestic or foreign journals and proceedings registered in databases (WoS, SCOPUS, ERIH) or other peer-reviewed papers in scientific monographs or peer-reviewed scientific proceedings.
  • Previous experiences as a university lecturer.
  • Previous experiences in scientific projects as a leader or researcher.
  • Ability to conduct independent high-quality research at the postdoctoral level.
  • English language B2.

3. Topic: Manifestations of digitization in tax law and financial law with emphasis on crypto-assets and digital services

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Dynamism. Life in society is characterized by this attribute, which is conditioned by several facts. These include (among other things) also technological progress, which is why we also tend to refer to the time in which humanity currently finds itself as the digital (industrial) revolution 4.0. Crypto-assets, digital services, and many other phenomena of today affect all spheres of individuals’ existence, even without necessarily realizing it. Due to the fact that several phenomena of the digital (industrial) revolution 4.0 can be identified, the research should be limited to issues of financial-legal and tax-legal aspects of crypto-assets and taxation of digital services within the framework of the post-doctoral stay. It is an interdisciplinary issue that has not only technological and economic overlaps, but also a significantly wide legal dimension with a European and international context. Therefore, it is possible to identify a large area for the scientific community, which through its activities can contribute to the creation of high quality tax-legal and financial-legal regulation in the field of crypto-assets and digital services, so that it is characterized by expediency, logic, rationality and consistent orientation towards a correctly and beneficially defined goal. These are the ideal characteristics of legislation and thus opens up another space for research within the framework of a postdoctoral stay, the results of which can represent a contribution to their achievement.

Department of Financial Law, Tax Law and Economy

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Ján Husár, CSc.

E-mail: jan.husar@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. JUDr. Miroslav Štrkolec, PhD.

E-mail: miroslav.strkolec@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Achieved PhD. degree of university study in the field of law,
  • Publishing activities in domestic and foreign scientific and professional journals and proceedings not registered in prestigious databases,
  • Publishing activities in domestic and foreign scientific and professional journals and proceedings registered in prestigious databases (Scopus, Web of Science, ERIH PLUS),
  • Experience in solving scientific grants at home and abroad,
  • Computer skills,
  • Teaching practice,
  • Active knowledge of at least 1 world language.

4. Topic: Data analysis of legislation and case law in the commercial law and the law of information technologies

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Data analysis based on the identification, extraction and the following analysis of attributes of the selected legal institutes from legislation, case law of the national courts of the Slovak Republic and from other sources with the objective of analysing the process of evidence use and the application of legal principles in court proceedings. Determination of possibilities for extraction of structured attributes from court decisions with the objective of understanding the legal text and its subsequent analysis. Selection of the examined legal institutes in the context of the law of information and communication technology and commercial law as regards business realised in the digital environment and issues connected with it in connection with the ongoing research project APVV No. 21-0336 entitled “Analysis of judicial decisions by artificial intelligence methods”.

Department of Commercial Law and Business Law

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. JUDr. Ján Husár, CSc.

E-mail: jan.husar@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. JUDr. Regina Hučková, PhD.

E-mail: regina.huckova@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • Achieved PhD. degree of university study in the field of law,
  • Publishing activities in the domestic and foreign scientific and professional journals and proceedings registered in prestigious databases (e.i.Scopus, WOS),
  • Participation in the scientific projects.

Faculty of Public Administration

5. Topic: Challenges for public policies considering the creation, spread and consequence of disinformation

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Digital transformation brings several positives for the entire society, especially in the form of increased quality, efficiency, transparency, openness of provided public services. Digital spreading of content is also associated with current threats in the form of disinformation. Disinformation aimed at spreading false content and influencing the process of public policy making results in higher requirements for the resilience of public bodies and the entire public administration. The postdoc research will be focused on the analysis of the origins and reasons for the emergence of disinformation, identifying the reasons why the population trusts disinformation, proposing options for dealing with disinformation in connection with public policy making at the central and local level.        

The topic of the post-doc position is oriented on the involvement of the applicant in the international research and expert activities of the team under the professional guidance of university professor S. Ručinská. To goal is to contribute to a broader international scientific elaboration of the topics of public policy, disinformation, fake news, resilience of public administration and others. 

Department of Public Policy and Theory of Public Administration

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. Ing. Viktória Bobáková CSc.

E-mail: viktoria.bobakova@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. Ing. Silvia Ručinská, PhD

E-mail: silvia.rucinska@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

  • PhD. in relevant discipline,
  • International publications published in scientific journals,
  • Publications topical focused on the post-doc topic,
  • Ability to conduct autonomous quality research at a post-doctoral level,
  • Spoken and written English language,
  • Previous experience with scientific projects in the position of principal investigator or participant is welcome. 

Faculty of Arts

6. Topic: Group reading as a prerequisite for a deeper understanding of oneself, others and society.

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Great literary works bridge different generations and are an essential part of the world cultural heritage. Their knowledge can connect different generations, between which there is a lack of common understanding. At the same time, they offer different models of action and solutions to questions that the reader can confront and thus get to know himself and accept the otherness of others. However, wisdom and ideas are hidden in need to be brought alive again. The research proposal opens the following main questions: Could questioning of author-text-reader relation in modern hermeneutics clarify the process of exegesis itself which represents a unique moment in learning? Why should selected works of the Western canon once again become part of the education of today’s students? In what ways can they be made available? How can a philosophical – thematic approach be helpful here? Which methods and examples of good practice can be transferred to us from the United States, where such texts have been used for a long time in school and extracurricular education?

Department of Philosophy

Host professor (name, surname, titles): prof. PhDr. Eugen Andreanský, PhD.

E-mail: eugen.andreansky@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): doc. Mgr. Róbert Stojka, PhD.

E-mail: robert.stojka@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

A candidate should be an expert on philosophy of education, ethics and philosophy of history, should be a graduate of PhD. study abroad, should have his/her own teaching experience, should be an author of scientific papers published in domestic and foreign magazines, should have an experience in participation in research projects.

7. Topic: Russian foreign policy and geopolitics in the Post-Soviet space

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The war in Ukraine has significantly changed the current international relations in many aspects.

The year of conflict in Ukraine proved that Russia’s ambitions are related not only to Ukraine, but potentially to broader region of so called Post-Soviet space with an eventual ambition to destabilize other countries in the region in order to strengthen its status.

Possible Russia’s military and political expansion in the post-Soviet space in combination with rising influence of People’s Republic of China on the region could indicates a serious geopolitical shifts and power transitions in the international system in general.

Key research question is, what might this lead to and what does it mean for Russia and Europe either.

Department of Political Science

Host professor (name, surname, titles): Dr.h.c. prof. PhDr. Marcela Gbúrová, CSc.

E-mail: marcela.gburova@upjs.sk

Supervisor (name, surname, titles): Mgr. Tomáš Dvorský, PhD.

E-mail: tomas.dvorsky@upjs.sk

Professional requirements/criteria for the candidate:

Legally completed PhD study programme and obtaining a PhD degree in the field of political science, or in another related field of study; scientific-publishing activity in the given field; knowledge of English language.

1. Timeliness and the scientific nature of aims and objectives, the scientific level and the quality of the project (scale 0-25)

  • Assess the scientific level of the project and the scientific nature of the methodologies used during the project implementation
  • Assess to what extent the project aims and objectives are clearly defined and feasible
  • Assess suitability and justification of the suggested methodology for the project implementation and specify its ability to meet the set aims and objectives

2. Original character of the project and conceptions of the project implementation (scale 0-25)

  • Assess the originality of the project

3. The structure of the project, the quality of preparation, the logical interconnection of the project procedures (scale 0-20)

  • Assess the clarity, the scientific level and the adequacy of the used methodology
  • Assess the project implementation from the time schedule point of view and from the point of view of the set objectives

4. Professional qualifications of the postdoctoral fellow (scale 0-30)

  • Assess the quality of the scientific outputs of the postdoctoral fellow
  • Assess the quality and the number of the implemented projects in which the postdoctoral fellow participated.

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